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December 2018
MIKE METCALFFormer Chester inside forward
Mike Metcalf has sadly passed away at the age of
79 after a long illness. Mike was an integral part
of the “Famous Five” forward line, alongside
Gary Talbot, Elfed Morris, Jimmy Humes and Hugh
Ryden, that each scored more than 20 goals in all
competitions in the 1964/65 season. He was the overall
leading scorer in that campaign with 37 English
league and cup goals and in a Sealand Road career
that extended from 1963 to 1969 he scored 68 goals
in 221 Football League games.

Obituary24 December 2018
FC UNITED ALL TICKET
This match at FC United on Manchester on Saturday
5 January will be segregated and entry to the away
end will be by ticket only with no tickets being
sold on the day.

Tickets go on sale to Season
Ticket holders and CFU members only on Thursday
27 December and Friday 28 December from 10.00
to 16.00hrs.

Season ticket holders to show
their season ticket book, while CFU members must
show their current membership card.

Sales limited to one ticket
per person in each category.

The remainding tickets will then go on General Sales
(while stocks last) from Tuesday 1 January from
17.00 (after Southport game), Wednesday 2 January
to Friday 4 January from 10.00 to 16.00hrs. There
is no limit on sales of tickets per person. 21 December 2018
BLUES SIGN JACKSONChester have siged 22-year-old
Bradley Jackson from Ashton United. Jackson can
play at either full back or out wide and has scored
five goals so far this season including the last
consolation goal for Asnton at Chester earlier this
season. 11 December 2018
HONOURS EVEN AT STOCKPORT
Chester had to be content with a point from the
match at Stockport County on Saturday. The Blues
took the lead through man-of-the-moment Akwasi Asante
who netted his fourth goal of the week on 33 minutes,
before being pegged back on the stroke of half time
through a controversial penalty after Deane Smalley
was penalised for hand ball. Chester had appeals
for a similar offence in the second half waved away
by referee Adam Herczeg.

Joint manager Bernard Morley said after the match:
“I've got to choose my words wisely here –
I feel like we were robbed today. I’ve been
managing for 10 years and it’s not often that
I’ve said that, but it was a game of two halves.
I felt the decision in the first half it was, from
where I was stood, diabolical. Equally in the second
half, he’s had the chance to, if you want
to call it even it up, with what I believe is a
stonewall penalty. I think he’s controlled
it with his arm but he’s not given it.”

“We made two
fouls in the game and he’s booked two of our
players and they’ve made 15 or 16 fouls and
he’s not booked a single one. I need to go
back to the drawing board and see what the rules
are, but I’m really frustrated and all I can
say is we’ve been robbed today.”

Chester have the weekend
off as it’s FA Trophy first round day, they
are next in action when they host AFC Telford United
on Saturday 22 December, kick-off 15.00hrs. Midfielder
George Green is hoping to be available for selection
at this match following his successful return to
training following a back injury, Dan Mooney is
also available after serving a one match suspension
on Saturday.

Joint Manager Anthony Johnson said: “We had
him ringfenced for the 15th (FA Trophy), he was
unbelievable in training on Thursday night. Gary
Roberts and Gary Stopforth – neither have
played with him before – both came up and
went ‘get him in the squad on Saturday’.”

“But we can’t rush it. He’s desperate
and he’s chomping at the bit but what a football
player this lad is. If we can get him and Scott
Burton back at a similar time going into the second
half of the season, the momentum we gain with a
fully fit 16, 17, 18 man squad, we’ll be flying.”3 December 2018
DREAM DEBUT FOR ASANTE
On-loan striker Akwasi Asante made a dream debut
for the Blues on Saturday scoring a hat-trick as
Chester beat Darlington 3-1 to move third in the
league. Asante is the first player to score a hat-trick
on debut since Stuart Rimmer back in 1985. Signed
on loan only 24 hours earlier, the 26-year-old striker
opened his account with a header on 27 minutes,
his second came from his left foot on 49 minutes
and the hat-trick was completed with a right foot
shot 20 minutes later.

Chester played the last hour of the match with ten
men after Dan Mooney was sent-off following a second
yellow card, he will now be sidelined for the away
match at Stockport County on Saturday.

Following the game the 26-year-old debutant said:
“It’s a great feeling getting a perfect
hat trick on your debut, I’m just happy we
got the three points because we hadn’t won
for five games.”

“I trained with the lads
on Thursday night and did a bit of research by
watching some clips on youtube to see who I was
up against and who my teammates were and they
are a great bunch of lads.”

“The way we play suits
the way I play and I’m
very happy and if I could do that every week I
wonvt be here for long will I? I've not been playing
much football lately but I look after myself off
the pitch and I make sure I keep myself in tip-top
condition in case of opportunities like today.”

“Chester is a very nice
club. I’ve
been here a few times and it’s
a nice ground with nice fans and they shouldn’t
really be in this league. Going in the bar after
the game was amazing: they were all clapping and
singing my name and I’ve
never felt anything like it.”